page_title: Dhoby Ghaut MRT station
section_title: North South line station
hierarchical_section_title: Dhoby Ghaut MRT station / History / North South line station
caption_attribution_description: English: MRT Platform of Dhoby Ghaut
context_page_description: Dhoby Ghaut MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit interchange station on the North South line, North East line and Circle line in Singapore. It is located in Dhoby Ghaut, Museum Planning Area, at the eastern end of Orchard Road shopping belt, underneath Orchard Road and The Atrium@Orchard shopping mall. The station is situated near prominent landmarks such as The Istana, Istana Park, the MacDonald House, the House of Tan Yeok Nee, Plaza Singapura and Dhoby Ghaut Green.
  The station was opened in 1987 as part of the NSL line extension to Raffles Place station. The North East line station then opened in 2003, and the Circle line station opened in 2010. Currently, on the MRT network, Dhoby Ghaut station is the only MRT station in Singapore to be a triple-line interchange. Dhoby Ghaut is the fourth deepest MRT station in Singapore, after Bras Basah MRT station, Promenade MRT station and Bencoolen MRT station; its deepest point is at 28 metres below ground level.
context_section_description: The MRT-station was built on a former Jewish cemetery which was in operation between 1841 and 1983. The station name, Dhoby Ghaut, reflects the area's heritage as a traditional Indian laundry.
  In October 1983, the contract 106 for the design and construction of Dhoby Ghaut and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) of tunnels between Somerset and City Hall stations was awarded to a joint venture between French contractor Campenon-Bernard and Singapore Piling and Civil Engineering Company Limited at a sum of S$51.3 million. Prior to the construction, tenants of Amber Mansions have to move out to make way for the construction of this station, with the land already gazetted for acquisition in 1978.
  Excavation works were hampered by the soft marine clay at the station site, and jet grouting was used in an effort to stabilise the soil. The soft soil also caused a tunnel cave-in in January 1985, which formed a 6-metre (20 ft) wide hole at Cathay Cinema. A fatal accident happened on 17 June that year that led to the death of an engineer as crane fell into the work shaft and on the engineer. Investigations revealed that the three pieces of timber meant to support the crane were not properly connected and hence unable to support the crane. The contractor was fined S$1,000 for failing to provide a stable footing for the outrigger of the crane and not posting and maintaining a capacity chart. Despite the incidents, the structural works for the station completed in September of that year.
  The station had an open house on 6 December 1987, and opened for service on 12 December when the line extension to Outram Park station was completed. In September 2000, works started for lift access to be added to the station.
  Dhoby Ghaut was one of four stations which participated in Exercise Northstar V, a mock terrorist exercise held on 8 January 2006.
caption: NSL platforms of the station.
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